WOUNDED SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2479, 4 June 1915, Page 8

WOUNDED SOLDIERS

COMBINED SPORTS FUND. A meetun; o! t.ho combined coiiimiHeo jj represent iin< tlio lioxim: Association, I liuc.by V'un>t\, .mil Natives Association fl wii.s hold Inst week, Mr. U. I'iuMle pre!J siilint'.. A M:i t emeu t ol t<voi|Ms in re--1 sped ol tln* recent Hu;'liv match ami I llie boxilh'. t oil rilil llli'll ( \\ as presented, ' a lit 1! amount l.'l'i incr I i>:i.vin;>, advertisim; and piintin>- of pr<>7 ol' i'lllill l.'ls. oil. This inS eluded a donation of hall' the cost. of J producing (ho programme kindly donated l>y Messrs. t'oulls, Culling, and Company. Mr. M'Yilly reported that the lloxiup; Association had dooidod ' thai tho t;ross takings at tlio Town llall lie handed to tlio fund intact, tho expenses having boon wholly defrayed by • tlio association out of their funds by way of a donation to tho Wounded {Soldiers' Fund. In connection with (ho disposal of tlio amount- in hand, the (tuostion wns disl. cussed as to hainlinii tlio amount to Mia Citizens' Commit too in charge of tho Carnival. It was, liowover. |Niiu(od out that tlio nniount was expressly obtained for our wounded soldiers, and as -i> per cent, of tho proceeds of the Carnival >- worn to bo handed lo tlio St. John Ambulance, it. could not properly ho a merged into l.lie Carnival proceeds. It was il uled (lm(. tlio amount lio retained bv tlio Vbree trustees ovic,iu;v\\v n.) to lie held until such tinu is it teas littoini nr. to llif allocation and administ rat ion of kiicli funds. A vole of thanks was extended to tho lion, secretary (Mr. W. (!. Talbot) for tile interest displayed in eonneetion with arranging and carrying out. the CaniiVlll. A labourer wlm died at. C'hertsoy 1 " Workhouse was given a. pauper's funorul, and it lias since been discovered